Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 262, Decatur, Adams County, 5 November 1938 — Page 1

kvi. No. 262.

Is| VOTES ON Ijfif; BALLOTS <HI TUESDAY L County, C ity And Bowlhip Races To Be Balloted ■ ii -■ ■ • S^K, : ■ ■ ■ ■ i ' Hl " '"' - BjMn» lh '' fourth jHhm '',\.,ii i'j'.•_-. ssk '" 1,1 ""' 9 -K ’ county. us BKBK - ■■■ ' , l,v l al> 11 "'. ii'--.i "BLsm i i .p.nrn fol an app<l K/rour will have Arthur seekKon T l- ■ ■ "ru Wills , ounty has no opponent for Het A<- - i .presenting .. M Hdfct I I’- .'I nr. a 1 )emo< >al K*": H Liechty. of Berne. candidates ■ joist — ‘illative from Ad Ki ul Wells counties. (l. Troutner. Pleasant Bri wa, her. and Ralph KenBrthyßi' ill'- respective DemoIt. :- MMfee of county clerk. Victor - Hartford township I^^Khr minpany employ-" are KMi.. uii’y audio ■ 1: "■ I :.:":. tow nship KjßKi I" 11. win i Hil'y of BermH^^KeasU' '-r Ed P. Miller. DeHB'- I lemo' rat. ami Ba|nii , 1 1- • m io |M lidai''s Otho of Monroe and J. Jerof Berne, both under■kers. r th.- Democratic and Renominees for county corH. Gilliom of Berne, Ernof Preble and ■flip Stiallm of Decatur, all Dem Brats ire unopposed for the off■B m county surveyor, county and county commissioner, B*t •trict. respectively. eTt« Liniger. incumb- '.t Demohave .lames Andrews of as his Republican oppon■Bf l '"i"’v commissioner, se.g“ fntrict. The county councilFirst District Preble, Kirkland, St Pft l — Henry Dehner. DemoEd Arnold, Republican; district (Washington) — Democrat, unopposDistrict (Blue Creek. HUb. Berne. Jefferson) — Ed J. Democrat and Charles ; Fourth District gWh, Wabash, Ceylon, Hartg**i Geneva) — Evert Banter, Hp l!lt and Bufus Glendening, The Democratic canHB so r councilman-at-large ! ■jU'i'ni! Braun, Decatur; Dean Decatur and August Con- j The Republicans: ' BBGlendenning, Geneva; Alb-1 Berne, and Dan j F’W- Decatur. State Ticket races will share the spotr?*:*’" the state ticket. First in y^B eucfi of course is the canot Judge Huber M. DeVoss appellate court bench from BRond district. Judge DeVoss, present is on the Adams bench, is expected to carry share of both Democratic l^^B e Publican votes in this tercontest between Frederick -Ak uys ' incu mbent Democrat .■•TINUED ON page FIVE) ®MPERATURE readings gfriOCRAT THERMOMETER K®" a. m.—-50 a . m.—55 a. m.--58 WEATHER gusettled tonight and Sun- ■ probably light rains turnK», to s how flurries tn north Byon, possibly some rain in H h portion; cooler Sunday H !n central and north porH 1 tonight.

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In Poison Case F I Mrs. Carina Farata Mrs. Carina Farata of Philadelphia has been held to the grand i Jury in connection with the alleged poisoning death of her 18-year-old stepson. Phillip Ingrao. The boy died last July of what was thought to have been rheumatic fever. WILL PRESENT PEACE DRAMA Peace Drama To Be Presented At U. B. Church Sunday Night “The Unknown Soldier" is the name of the peace drama to be given Sunday evening at 7 P. M., at the First United Brethren church, comer of Ninth and Madison streets. The presentation is under the auspices of the adult . Uhrtstian Endeavor in memory of Armistice Day. This impressive presentation will take the place of . the opening worship, after which j the pastor will bring a gospel message on /'Ye are the Light of the World." The cast of characters is as follows: The Reader — Frank Bohnke. Mother — Mrs. Carl Fisher. Teacher — Mrs. Debolt. Soldier — A. N. Hilton. Profiteer — E. A. Crider. Military Leader — Curtis Hill. Chaplain — Orland Brown. Spirit of Christianity — Mrs. Curtis Hill. The public is cordially invited to this service. o Sen. Tom Connally Derides G.O.P. Stand Columbus, Ind., Nov. S—(UP)5 —(UP) Sen. Tom Connally cf Texas, campaigning for the re-election ot Sen. Frederick Van Nuys, said last night that the campaign of Raymond E. Willis, Republican nominee, has provided nothing but “vague finding.” “Willis and other Republican i candidates complain about relief, I PWA. WPA, SEC, and other agencies with which Democrats met the | emergencies in 1933, and yet no. j one will deciare he is against those measures," Connally said. Severe Earthquake In Northern Japan Toyko. Nov. 5 (U.RJ-A severe earthquake was felt in northern Japan today, on the main island of Honshiu, and it was feared that damage would prove heavy in Mayagi, Ibaraki and Iwate prefectures. The shock was felt at Tokyo, to the south, and at Hakodate on Hokkaido Island to the north Communications were disrupted and prevented communication with towns in the Kindazan district. Begin Study Monday Os Railway Problems Chicago Nov. S—(UP)5 —(UP) A presidential committee of three railroad officials and three labor executives j will meet at Washington Monday to [ begin drafting a broad Illative j program for rehabilitation of the railroad Industry. The committee scheduled its conferences yesterday after the presidents of 139 Class 1 railroads had voted to abandon a plan for a 16 per cent wage cut for their 960.000 employes, thereby eliminating the possibility of a nation wide strike.

SEEK TRACE OF AUTO USED BY BANDITCOUPLE Thought Likely Sutton Bandits Had Car With California Plates Police authorities Investigating the daring $4,000 jewelry store robbery here Thursday morning were today concentrating the!" efforts to trace a 1939 Oldsmobile sedan, which they believe may have some connection with the stii-k-up of the Sutton Jewelry store. The sedan, which was at flrtt' reported observed on the streets I several times, again popped into | the spotlight of police investiga-i tion today when a local resident ' stated she had seen the occupants j of the car enter the Sutton storfl shortly before the robbery. Authorities are in the hopes | that some resident may have seen . the car in the vicinity in wnuh 1 the score or more of ring and watch containers were emptied < f. their valuable contents and then dumped along the roadside. Gives Description The car, according to the de-1 scription of several persons, was a Mandalay-ivory colored 1939 Oldsmobile sedan, model 60 (light six), bearing California license plates. The car was seen parked or tho west side of North Second street, south of Monroe, just prior to the holdup. The ledy who gave the po’’ee their latest information staled she saw the couple, whose description tallies with the bandit pair, leave the car, walk to Monroe street, cross the intersection and enter the store. Today city police, under Chief of Police Sephus Melchi, the sheriff's department under Sheriff Dallas Brown, State Police Officer Truman Bierie and Commissioner William Bell were aiding in the investigation. Evidence that the work was 1 ■ that of experienced stick-up, artists was proven late yeste ’day I when examinations by W. G I Spaneth, fingerprint expert of the i state police department, proved' ! that no prints were left on th-' empty boxes. FINAL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT Informal Meeting Monday Night At Democratic Headquarters r An informal get-to-gether of voters of Adams county at the Democratic headquarters over the Decatur Daily Democrat company here is being planned for Monday evening. Nathan C. Nelson. Democratic county chairman announced today. Cigars are to be given the men and apples to the ladies. Short talks are to be made by Judge Huber M. DeVoss, Demo-! cratic candidate for judge of the state appellate court, northern di- ■ vision; Mayor A. R. Holthouse, Democratic candidate for mayor of Decatur; Dick D. Heller, executive I secretary to Governor M. Clifford Townsend, J. Fred Fruchte. Democratic candidate for judge of the Adams circuit court; Arthur E. Voglewede, Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney; Robert H. Heller, Democratic candidate for joint representative from Adams and Wells counties, and others. All candidates are to be Introduced. This annual party for voters has been an event of interest for many years in this county. o AFL Reiterates Its Desire For Peace Washington, Nov. S—(UP5 —(UP) —The American federation of labor declared today that “there can be no question but that the wage earners throughout the country and the nation as a whole want a united labor movement” and declared that it was ready to negotiate "an honorable peace” with the committee for industrial organization. An editorial in “The American Federationist", of whfch President William Green is editor, said that the AFL executive council “is charged with responsibility for carrying out the policy of conferences to reach a mutually acceptable basis for lasting peace, not surrender of our rights.” ( j

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Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, November 5, 1938.

To Speak Sunday j Dr. 11. C. Wesche, missionary recently returned from war-torn I China, will present a lecture and show moving pictures at the Church of the Nazarene Sunday I evening at 7:30 o’clock. CAMPAIGNSIN FINAL STRETCH Parties Vie For Votes In Leading Industrial States New York, Nov. s—<U.B5 —<U.B —The general election campaign entered the stretch today with the new deal making an aggressive fight to hold its pwn in the great industrial states. President Roosevelt led off with a direct appeal for Demucrrtic candidates in New York and Michigan. Cabinet members and others deployed to storm Republican works in such states as Pennsylvania and New Jersey Polls and surveys foretell close contests in most states .y .in north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, where the new deal fund much of the popular support to achieve the political triumphs of 1932. 1934 and 1936. .November 8 is election day n:id | j tlje weekend already is the occn-1 ; sfon for a scattering of "fi.ralj speeches” while a few campaigri- ! ers plan to contiuu ■ throng, , Monday night. A new and unexplored election issue was proposed in dispa' uks from Germany quoting the newspaper Der Angriff which sp,F.;d| across its front page a ch ? i that the visit of George Ca -.lin .1; Mundelein to the Pope today was I part of an "election deal.” The paper argues that 21.01) i"' 1 American Catholics would de t'do Tuesday's election here and that ! Mr. Roosevelt had won them wi h I a promise to reestablish ato )- matic relations with the Holy S< e. Issues closer home included the plea of Mr. Roosevelt last nigl.t, seconded by Secretary of Interior Ickes, in Pennsylvania, and by others that the United States is the strongest if not the last bill-1 wark of democracy. They wan- j (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) a Sons Os Legion To Meet Monday Night The Sons of the American Legion will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock ! at the Legion home. All sponsors and members are urged to attend. YOUNG PEOPLE TO VISIT HOME Baptist Young People To Visit Indiana Baptist Home Sunday At least 25 young people of the First Baptist church of this city will leave Sunday morning for Zionsville, where they will visit | the Indiana Baptist home. The home, fdrmerly known as the Crawford Industrial school, is provided for the homeless children of Baptist families in the state of Indiana and is a project of special interest to the local young people. New buildings have recently been erected and the institution was rededicated a week ago. The local group will meet at tho church at 7 A. M. Sunday for a brief prayer service before leaving I for Zionsville. This is to be the second visit to the home by this group. C. E. Peterson, the teacher of the boy’s class, and Miss June Miller, teacher of the girl's class, will direct the pilgrimage. At Christmas time last year, the boys of the class provided gifts for each child in the institution and they have a sincere interest in the Mends they made during their previous visit. The group will return Sunday evening.

HUNGARY MOVES INTO PART OF CZECH AREAS Final Stage Os Czech Dismemberment Is Started Today Berlin Nov. 5— (U.PJ -The final stage of Czechoslovakia's dismem-1 berment was started today. By agreement between Czecho-1 Slovak and Hungarian military commissioners, Hungarian troops at dawn began throwing pontoon ' bridges across the Danube river from the Hungarian bank to the i Czechoslovak island of Shuett. first of five occupation zones in the territory ceded to Hungary | under a German-Italian arbitration award. Hungarian troops cross~d the: bridges et 10 a. m. and thus to >k < over the first occupation zone, from which Czecaoslovak soldi'is had been withdrawn. Since the German-Italian-Bi it-ish-French dismemberment agree-1 ment signed at Munich Sept. 29, Czechoslovakia had been deprived of 16.077 square miles of territory, containing 4,899,000 people to satisfy German, Polish and ■ Hungarian claims to minority areas. She was left with a little over 38.000 square miles of terri | tory and about 10,500,000 people. ! Germany on Oct. 1 started oc-1 cupying an area of Sudetenland comprising 10,885 square miles and containing an estimated 3,-! 595,000 people. Poland next day occupied the Teschen area comprising 405 square miles and containing | 240.000 people. Hungaiy's share was 4,7871 square miles and 1,064,000 people. A Czechoslovak-Hungarian military commission, meeting at Bra-1 tislava yesterday, completed details of a five stage occupation of the Hungarian minority area. The commission arranged that Czechoslovak troops would evacu- : ate Shuett Island —which is formed ny an arm of the Danube — I several hours before the lluagur ' i ian entry. To complete their occupation, Hungarian troops will occupy additional zones in the succeeding (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) STORM CAUSES ! HEAVY DAMAGE — Tornadic Winds Cause Damage In State But Halt Forest Fires — (By United Press) Workmen today cleared wreckage left by tornadic winds which ripped through southern Indiana late yesterday, bringing death and destruction, and relief to more [ than 1,500 weary firefighters. With the gales came drenching 1 rain that halted more than 50 forest fires which had raged three weeks, destroying 24.000 acres of timber and brush land. The wind, which swept out of eastern Missouri across southern Illinois and into Indiana, reached velocities of 53 miles an hour and caused unestimated damage to buildings, power and communication lines. At Terre Haute, John Buckle, 34, Martinsville, 111., farmer, was kill-' ed when a power line fell on him jas he walked along a sidewalk, i He was electrocuted and, despite , efforts by the fire department inhalator squad, died in Union hospital an hour later. The gale, guaged at 43 miles an i 1 hour, ripped roofs from Snyder's Art Shop, Cadle's Art Shop, and the Singer Sewing Machine com-; j pany. More than 400 square feet ! of roofing was torn from the sheds ' of the Vigo American Clay company in West Terre Haute. Wind swept through Evansville ■ (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) ■ o Cleveland Man Is Taken In Custody Francis Elzey, of Cleveland, 0., was returned to the Adams county I jail last night by Sheriff Dallas Brown to await arraignment on charges of removing property from the state under a conditional sales contract. He is charged with having taken 'an auto from the estate, after he had entered into a sales contract with the P. A. Kuhn Chevrolet ; company, of this city. He is to be arraigned in circuit court. Sheriff Brown and Deputy John Dierkes went to Cleveland i Friday to return Elzey.

RAINS AID IN FURIOUS FIGHT AGAINST FIRES Heavy Rains Halt Fires Destroying Valuable Lumber (By United Press) Heavy rains, driven by a strong gale, swept across Indiana and Illinois today and halted forest and brush fires which had destroyed thousands of acres ot timberland. The rains were moving eastward across the midwest and south and were expected to bring relief today to volunteers and CCC workers fighting fires in 10 other states. The fire belt extended from Michigan to northern Alabama and from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. The situation had been so serious in southern Illinois that Gov. Henry Horner had declared a state of emergency and had issued a proclamation prohibiting the starting of any open fires in the state’s forest area without permission from the forestry department. The rains came last night in the wake of tornadic winds which had swept across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. The storm killed one man, uprooted trees, unroofed houses and disrupted communications. An estimated 6,000 CCC enrollees. WPA workers, farmers and volunteers still were battling fires raging through Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, West Virginia and Virginia. Rangers counted 275 fires in Kentucky, Michigan, West Virginia and Virginia alone. They reported . that one-fourth of West Virginia's timberland was dotted with fires. The fires in Kentucky were reported to be the wors't in the state’s history. An estimated 8,000 acres of timber already has been destroyed in southeastern counties, the loss being in excess of $200,000. Airplane pilots and rangers reported scattered fires also in the Carolinas, Georgia. Mississippi and northern Alabama. A force of 200 men were battling fires in the Beefhide mountains near Jenkins, Ky.. hi an effort to save their homes. Many farm families had fled their homes in isolated sections of Indiana before the rain last night. Flames destroyed three homes and farm equipment near Bluffton. Ind. The entire community was threatened but firemen and citizens gained control of the flames before they could spread. The rain saved the lives of four CCC enrollees who had been trapped by a fire five miles west of Hindustan, Ind. They had left coworkers and crossed a fire lane in an attempt to halt flames spreading in another direction. A wall of flame closed about them, cutting off escape. Fifteen minutes later the rain began to fall. It drenched the area, extinguishing the flames. A farmer was electrocuted at Terre Haute, Ind., last night when the windstorm blew down a power line and hurled a charged wire across his body. Gov. Frank Murphy of Michigan was prepared to declare a state of emergency in lower Michigan (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o TWO MEN FINED FOR VIOLATIONS Two Are Fined By Justice Os Peace For Traffic Violations Two men were fined in John T. ' Kelly's justice of peace court late Friday afternoon, following their arrests on traffic violation charges by State Police Officer Truman Bierie. Wilbur Deßolt, of this city, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $9.60, when he plead guilty to a charge of speeding. He was arrested Tuesday by Officer Bierie. when he allegedly drove his car at an excessive rate of speed through the village ot Monmouth. Fred Nye, truck driver for a I local wholesale concern, was also fined $1 and costs when he was charged with reckless driving, having allegedly passed a car on a hill on federal road 27 north of the city. His arrest was made Wednesday. A campaign by state police to reduce traffic violations in an effort to curb accidents has been intensified daily since it was inaugurated several weeks ago. |

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“Heavenly” Gates K. w A Harrington Gates Here is a portrait of Harrington “Heavenly" Gates, the serious ! young Dartmouth college football player who quit the team to join an Amherst. N. H., “Holy Ghost and Us” religious cult. Gates since returned to Dartmouth but declared he would play no more football. TRUSTEE RAGES HOLD INTEREST Eight Os 12 Township Trustees Face Opposition Tuesday Always of prime interest to the voters is an election of the township trustees and next Tuesday when the voters of the county go to the polls, resiikents in eight of the 12 townships in Adams county will decide upon their choice for those respective offices. Four Democratic candidates for trustee are unopposed. They are: ; Gerhard Reinking, who won the Union township nomination on a recount; Edward Zwick in Preble township; Earl Martin, whose plurality in the primary withstood a j recount for the Kirkland township I nomination, and Loren Heller of French township. Several of the other trustee elections promise to become heated races, especially in the townships where the party sympathizers are . fairly well divided. In Root township, the incumbent. Ralph W. Rice, a Republican, will be opposed by the Democratic nominee, Winfred Gerke. Ben McCullough, another incumbent Republican in St. Mary's township will have Groce Tope as his opponent on the Democratic ticket. J. Frank Merriman, Democrat and William H. Patterson, Republican, will be the candidates for the Blue Creek post now held by David Habegger, a Democrat. Edwin H. Gilliom, a Democrat and present trustee of Monroe township, will be opposed by Glen Neuenschwander on the GOP side. Jesse C. Mann, another Democrat ic incumbent at Wabash township, will find Daniel C. Wagner as his opponent. William M. Adang, Democrat and Rev. Frank Johnson, Republican, are the Jefferson township aspirants. In Hartford township, the voters will decide upon their choice between John F. Duff, Democrat and August F. Baker, Republican. Os course, in Washington township, which includes the greater portion of the city of Decatur, the race between Theodore L. Becker, Democrat and John M. Doan, incumbent Republican, will be'a feature issue of the fall election. 0 French General Taken By Death Paris, Nov. s.—(U.R)—Gen. Jean Pedoya, 100, oldest of French retired generals, died today. Gen. Pedoya rose rapidly in the army after the Frataco-Prussian war, in which he had a most distinguished record. He retired in 1903 after serving in the Tunisian and other colonial campaigns. Entering parliament, he served as president of the chamber of deputies army commission during I the World War.

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t - Warns Communism And Fascism To Thrive If Liberalism Fails In Government. TALK BROADCAST Hyde Park, N. Y., Nov. 5. —(U.R) — President Roosevelt’s general election message called upon the people today for continuous liberal government—the new deal —and grouped communists and old-line Republicans alike among those with fascist aims. He did not mention the Democratic party. But he warned that both fascism and comptunism would thrive if liberalism failed. “I am not talking mere idealism,” Mr. Roosevelt said. “I am pressing realistic necessity." His speech was an appeal for internal and national unity in the face of dangers. He said we had learned that democracy weakened by internal dissension and social injustice was no match for autocracies. He called for a democracy i of tolerance and unity at home, ! but one militant against social op--1 pression or military aggression. He spoke last night from Hyde Park in general appeal for liberal government and in direct endorsement of Gov. Herbert H. Lehman and Sen. Robert F. Wagner, Democratic candidates for re-election i here, of Rep. James M. Mead, short I term Democratic senatorial candii date in New York state, and of i Gov. Frank Murphy, who stands I for re-election and heads the new i deal-Democratic ticket in Michigan. Both Lehman and Murphy are I in hot fights, and in New York i and Michigan new deal prestige ' will stand or fall largely with I them. Pledging himself again to sttp- ! port the private profit system. Mr. ! Roosevelt said government must eliminate abuse where privtae initiative failed to do so. He said : the large majority of business men had acepted “certain necessary supervision” of private business. “The voters throughout the country should remember that need for continuous liberal government . when they vote next Tuesday,” he 1 said in charging that broken continuity interrupted progress. Too many persons, he added, talk of saving deoeracy but really desire j only to save things are they were. “I reject," he continued, “the merely negative purposes proposed by old-line Republicans and cotni munists alike —for they are people whose only purpose is to survive against any other fascist threat than their own. “As of today, fascism and comI muttism —and old-line Tory Republicans —are not threats to the continuation of our for of government. “But I venture the chalenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better i the lot of our citizens, fascism and ! communism, aided, unconsciously perhaps, by old-line Tory Republicanism will gro win strength.” I The president claimed for tho I United States under the new deal "a more stable and less artificial prosperity than any other nation | (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) RED MEN PLAN DISTRICT MEET Decatur Lodge To Bo Host To District Meeting November 16 Plans are being opened here by members of the Decatur lodge, Improved Order of Red Men, for a district meeting of the order to be held November 16 at the local lodge hall. Scores of Red Men from at least nine orders in the district are expected to attend the meeting here. William Myers, group chairman of the order, will be in charge of the meeting. J. M. Breiner 13 1 local chairman. The meeting will open at 7:30 o’clock. Initiatory degree work will be conferred upon a class of candidates during the session. Bluffton, Dunkirk. Monroeville, Huntington, Gas City. Fort Wayne and Hartford City are among the ; cities expected to send delegates to the meeting.